Year: 2016

40 years and 100 tractors – Gavins celebrates it all

Ruwade Bryant August 18, 2016

From left to right: Ian Gavin, James Gavin and Caleb Gavin celebrate the purchase of their 100th tractor. Photo: Anna...

Death on show in photographer’s work

Richard Walker August 17, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftoE-MZKk-o&feature=youtu.be Photographer Neil Pardington has developed an open mind from his Waikato farming upbringing, allowing him to create his newest...

Move over ‘pale male stales’

Ruwade Bryant August 12, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGgT1s8Cy3s A newly found marketing company wants to change the way females are portrayed in advertising and society. Feminists Anna Dean...

Liam designer looks for inspiration for upcoming collection

Jess Meek August 12, 2016

Miller-Sharma shares two of many Liam folders, where she keeps sketches, ideas and designs. Photo: Jess Meek Get out of...

Speaking about Te Wahoroa ki te Ao Maarama

Satrianna Erceg August 12, 2016

Lonnie Hutchinson's Te Wahoroa ki Te Ao Maarama work outside Lake Rotoroa.Photo supplied Hamiltonians who visit Lake Rotoroa for a walk,...

Supreme winner has sights set on WOW

Tamara Thorn August 12, 2016

Supreme winner Zoë Beck, from Tauranga Girl's College, also took on the mad hatter category. Bright lights, cameras flashing and...

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When business is a Blast

Sharnae Hope August 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/4dHLr15Q-xk Behind every artist is a good business director, or at least that’s the case for UK-based Blast Theory. The...

Pasifika artist out to balance the Eurocentric view

Joe Outram August 12, 2016

Samoan-Canadian (among other things) artist and writer Lana Lopesi is interested in ethnicity in New Zealand art and the balance...

Mana magazine editor Leonie Hayden says people are at the heart of Māori media. Photo: Jason Renes

Striking a balance in Māori media

Jason Renes August 11, 2016

Throughout the ages Māori have asked ‘He aha te mea nui o te ao?’ – what is the most important...

Death of journalism to blame for rise of Trump and ISIS

Dileepa Fonseka August 11, 2016

Blame Trump and ISIS on the death of good journalism, an editor of a top magazine website says. Duncan Greive, editor...

Residents fear further traffic chaos

Admin August 5, 2016

Murdoch Dryden speaks to 85 residents at the Meadowbank and St Johns residents association meeting. Residents fear traffic chaos at...

Baker brings home gold in pie olympics

Admin August 4, 2016

Proud pie baker Bun Heng Wong with his gold-award winning mince and cheese pies. A Panmure mince-and-cheese pie won gold...

New Zealand canoe polo teams are heading to Europe for the world champs. Photo: Rachel Binning

Kiwi canoe polo teams aim for medals at world champs

Richard Walker August 1, 2016

They hail from Christchurch to Auckland and will soon represent New Zealand on the international stage. New Zealand is sending...

“Literary sensation” to address Wintec Press Club

Admin July 26, 2016

Hera Lindsay Bird's first volume sold out before it left the printers Photo: Spinoff A writer described as a “literary...

Tawa teenager wins award at Parliament

Admin July 19, 2016

A Tawa teenager and Kiwi Community Assistance volunteer has been awarded a 2016 Youth Week Award. KCA volunteer Jess Hill,...

FBI could hack New Zealanders’ computers

Richard Walker June 29, 2016

More than 400,000 potentially infected New Zealand computers could be searched by the FBI if rule changes approved by the...

Playcentre Association celebrates 75th anniversary

Admin June 27, 2016

Adam Lucre-Chatterton, 3, loved his time at the Playcentre Pop-Up in Civic Square, Wellington. A pop-up Playcentre session was held...

Canned Mary Poppins show sees volunteers switch course

Sharnae Hope June 8, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2oGsCEyv38&feature=youtu.be The show won't go on, but two Wintec students are staying positive by volunteering at Hamilton Operatic anyway. Wintec fashion students Rose...